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Post by anthony on Mar 23, 2022 20:47:51 GMT
thank you, love the commercial
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Mar 23, 2022 22:02:05 GMT
As soon as saw "Busstop" as one word, I suspected this may be Dutch. Also because "Wiggle That Whotsit" was included...
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Post by JamesT on Mar 25, 2022 6:52:15 GMT
I heard that the "phantom whistler" appeared at all four nights of the Hollies' appearance in Christchurch, though in truth, I believe the acapella performance may have been quite flat. It was dropped from the set later in the year, which it had been a part of since around 1971. Most of their later performances of this track were flat sounding, particularly by the end of the song. Of the four nights recorded, the final LP is largely culled from the first night. There were allegedly no overdubs performed. It's odd that the "band's band" had to wait 13 years into their career for a live album to be recorded and released. Of course, the Lewisham Odeon Concert from 1968 was recorded with the intent on releasing it as an LP. And even more strange was the fact that it was released in Germany only first. It took a good few months for it to see release in the UK and Canada, and as pointed out in the thread, was never released in America, despite someone saying that it was in the top five big selling British import LPs in the States in 1977. As a side note, "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" appears for 1971 and 1972 (with Mikael Rickfors) only. There was no UK tour during this time. It's a three way vocal between Allan/Mikael, Tony and Terry with a piano backing from Bernie Calvert. It was discussed somewhere here or on the old forum, but I think the feeling was that there must be some overdubs. Acoustic guitar crops up in places when Bernie on keys and Tony on bass and Terry on electric rhythm - in the later half of 'He Ain't Heavy' is one place I'm thinking of. Guess what I'll be listening to on the way to work...!
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Post by baz on Mar 25, 2022 15:49:44 GMT
It was discussed somewhere here or on the old forum, but I think the feeling was that there must be some overdubs. Acoustic guitar crops up in places when Bernie on keys and Tony on bass and Terry on electric rhythm - in the later half of 'He Ain't Heavy' is one place I'm thinking of. Guess what I'll be listening to on the way to work...! Agreed. I think one reason why they nixed the 1968 live album was there wasn't much they could have done to fix it up to their exacting standards as all they had was a 2 track tape so they could have fixed up some vocals, but instrumentally, they'd have had to re-record the whole track. It is a known fact that the vast majority of live albums are "fixed up" after the fact and multitrack 8 and 16 track recording made that possible so I feel reasonably certain there would have been some overdubbing or fixing up on "Live Hits". One would have thought by now given it is a popular album they might have issued a "deluxe" version containing both shows they recorded in their entirety, but like many sensible ideas where their archive is concerned, it won't happen. And what about that tape they have from 1971 which they have? That's one I'd definitely like to hear.
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Post by The Dude on Mar 26, 2022 16:19:53 GMT
As soon as saw "Busstop" as one word, I suspected this may be Dutch. Also because "Wiggle That Whotsit" was included... I remember that being on TV a lot...
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